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Thursday, February 4, 2010

A Little Upcycling


This afternoon I crocheted a small drawstring bag using old cassette tape (remember them?) for my yarn. The plastic case may be recyclable - I hope it is ... but at least I am able to repurpose the tape in a nice low-tech, earth-friendly way. There's something oddly pretty about it too.

Like crocheting or knitting with plarn (yarn made from plastic bags), it takes an adjusted touch to allow for a more loose and consistent tension, but - to my way of thinking - it is worth it. The Boy thought it would be funny to make CD bags like this. But he thinks lots of things are funny.

That's what I made today. Peace.
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14 comments:

  1. PuakeaFebruary 4, 2010 at 6:44 PM

    Love, love love it. Here in Hawaii a couple of the islands had passed a law from using market plastic bags, to avoid the reefs from getting damaged. Love your idea. Way to re-purpose. Can you imagine we got this stuff just laying around the house. Hey, idea, make some kind of jewelry case with your cassette holder. Who knows you may start a new trend.

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  2. Dori TFebruary 4, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    Hey that is really cool.

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  3. Nun of a Kind!February 4, 2010 at 9:04 PM

    That is great! I have a number of old cassette tapes...what do you do with them! This is a great solution! Your own version of tape-estry!

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  4. LynneFebruary 4, 2010 at 9:17 PM

    What a fantastic idea! I do actually like the irony of making cd case/bags out of the old cassette tape!

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  5. Vincent James PiaFebruary 4, 2010 at 9:41 PM

    That is awesome! :-)

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  6. storybeaderFebruary 5, 2010 at 8:36 AM

    that's pretty wild! Haven't seen one of those yet! Great!

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  7. Olde Dame PenniwigFebruary 5, 2010 at 11:46 AM

    Honey sell those on Etsy! Amazing and so very fun!!!

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  8. ChristianeFebruary 5, 2010 at 12:40 PM

    That's a fab idea! If you have lots of tapes, you can make shopping bags. Don't know, if the material would be strong enough though; haven't got any tapes to try out...

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  9. paintingpamFebruary 5, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    I'm so glad you found something to do with our historic cassette tapes.:-)

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  10. RondellFebruary 5, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    Girl, you didn't use that old Teddy Pendergrast tape I made you did you?!

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  11. KimFebruary 6, 2010 at 7:02 AM

    How cool is that? I still listen to some of those tapes on my boom box I bought my freshman year of college.
    My hubby finds many things I do amusing as well.

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  12. rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herFebruary 6, 2010 at 8:00 AM

    Thanks everyone!

    I was cleaning a drawer and found this one old tape of self-recorded meditations and recalled this idea from a long-ago Threadbanger episode.

    Of course, it *is* my habit to look at things through the quiz of "make it do" (something, anything) before tossing it. We're leaving our children *enough* garbage (in every sense of the word) with which to deal.

    Thanks too for the thoughts and ideas - though I will say that working with tape in this way is not the most enjoyable of endeavors for me - but maybe is for ... someone else ...

    :)

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  13. Laura RoseFebruary 6, 2010 at 8:46 AM

    Rose, that is so awesome!!

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  14. JBs CookingladyFebruary 8, 2010 at 11:35 PM

    Well I think that bag is kind of cute I'd find some use for it.

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